CyberSecurity, AI & Web3 Community Events Calendar
CyberSecurity, AI & Web3 Community Events Calendar
These events, trade shows and conferences may be interesting for the AI, CyberSecurity, Web3, Software Development, Quantum, ... communities. Some of these events are organised by Howest University of Applied Sciences, some are organised by partners.
Check our our website to know more about our regular Cybersecurity education and masterclasses.
Our free, evening Tech & Meet events can be found on a dedicated website.
Legend: 🚀 means that we present, exhibit and/or organise this event.
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We are always looking for interesting topics and speakers
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Howest is a partner of the Agoria/Sirris, Beltug, Center for Cybersecurity Belgium (CCB), LFDT, and many other professional organisations
Check out these upcoming events:
July 2026:
- 🚀 Navy Days 2026, 4-5 Juli 2026 (9-17u), Marinebasis Zeebrugge
August 2026:
- Creating digital trust (lerend netwerk), lessenreeks beginnend op 27 augustus (9u30-13u30), Agoria, Diegem
September 2026:
- De toekomst begint vandaag: innovatie voor een duurzame en competitieve agrovoedingsindustrie (Workshop), vrijdag 11 september 2026 (10:00-15:30), HOGENT - Campus Schoonmeersen. Organisatie: Vlaamse HogescholenRaad samen met Flanders Food en VLAIO
- CyberBrew 2026, 15 September 2026 (EuraTechnologies, Lille). L'événement qui réunit cybersécurité et culture craft beer. Une journée de conférences techniques, de rencontres et de découvertes brassicoles. Oui, c'est en Français.
- Physical AI & Mobile Robotics: Beyond the hype, 15 September (12-17u30), Diepenbeek, in-person event organised by Flanders Make with hands-on workshop "From Simulation to Reality: AI for Robotics and Computer Vision" in the morning
- OT/ICS Security Focus Group, 16 september, BDO Zaventem
- Waves of Change – Samen naar een inclusieve toekomst, 16 September (9u30-14u15), Blauwe Cluster
- Beltug Summer Bar, 21 september, Brightspace (Heverlee)
- BE‑CYBER, the Cyber Security Coalition’s flagship annual event, 22 september (9u30-17u30), La Sucrerie in Wavre
- Digital Workplace Brussels, 22 September, Sparks Brussels, best conference on Modern Work, Internal Communications and Intranets in the Age of AI
- Defending with AI: Sovereignty, Cyber Resilience & Operational Trust, 24 September, Corda Campus (Hasselt)
- BruCON 0x12, 21-25 September 2026, Lamot + Novotel Mechelen, Tickets here
Oktober 2026
- OverMorgen: Onderwijs in Tijden van AI, 2 Oktober, Wintercircus Gent
- 🚀 International Conference on Ocean Energy (ICOE) & Ocean Energy Europe, Den Haag, 5-7 oktober, Closing Event of the Offshore For Sure project
- 🚀🚀 Stagemarkt Howest voor ICT Profielen, 5 oktober, Depart Kortrijk
- Bright New World, Engineering the AI-Driven Economy, 6 oktober 2026, Agoria annual event
- ABISS Summit, 8 Oktober, Kortrijk XPO
- Industrial CyberSec Forum (ICSF), October 13th, Hi!Site (Grimbergen)
- 🚀 Tech&Meet: AI Act for software engineers (working title), 13 oktober, Howest Brugge, Olivier Sustronck (Mr. Franklin)
- Flanders AI Forum, 20 Oktober, Nekkerhal Mechelen
- 🚀 Trefdag Digitaal Vlaanderen, 22 Oktober, Flanders Expo (Gent). Thema: "Soeverein in een Verbonden Wereld" en een Vlaanderen Hackathon.
- 🚀 Tech&Meet: From Mythos to open models: the real state of AI security, 27 oktober, Howest Brugge met Niels Rogge (ML6/HF)
- 🚀 Navy Captains of Industry Day x Drone West, 29 oktober 2026, Bluebridge Wetenschapspark, Oostende
- 🚀 Flanders Technology & Innovation Festival, met activiteiten in Kortrijk (26 okt - 8 nov, in cooperation with Howest), in Gent (18 okt - 15 nov), Brussels, Leuven, Antwerpen, Mechelen, Genk en Hasselt. 8 Steden, 30 dagen, meer dan 100 events
en 1.000 innovaties, maar ze zijn Brugge weer vergeten... - 🚀 FTI Industry Day Kortrijk, 27 oktober, Hangar K, Kortrijk, met tech talks, demo's en labobezoeken in Howest en Kortrijk Weide.
- IT Business Circle, meerdere sessies vanaf 31 oktober in Kortrijk, Gent, online, ...
November 2026:
- 🚀 Mobile Innovation 2026 / BusWorld, 17 November, presentatie door Laurens Singier (Howest)
- 🚀 Tech&Meet: Het masker van AI, 17 november, Howest Brugge, met Wim Casteels (AP Hogeschool)
- 🚀 Hack the Future 2026 - The Curse of Achrona, 24-25 November, Antwerp
- Masterclass Offshore For Sure (O4S) – IT Architecture, date TBA (12u30-17u), De Kaap Vlissingen
- Health tech investor Summit, 30 Nov-2 Dec, Brugge
- December 2026
- CyberSecurity Bites, 3 december 2026, Lamot Mechelen
2027:
- 🚀 Tech&Meet: Think before you click: human vs phishing, 23 februari 2027 (19-20u30), Howest Brugge, met Simon Bauwens (Outkept)
- 🚀 Tech&Meet: Post Quantum Security, 2 maart 2027 (19-20u30), Howest Brugge, met Tom Wittevrouw (Palo Alto Networks)
- NISDUC (NIS Directive User Conference), the Hague (NL), 11-12 May 2027
- Nerdland Festival, 14-17 mei 2027, Provinciaal Domein Puyenbroeck (Wachtebeke)
- SecAppDev 2027 is scheduled for June 7th - 11th, 2027
Check out our PAST Events here
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Check out the new events and tell us if we are missing your or other events
If you think we are missing interesting AI, cybersecurity, Web3 or software dev-related events, please contact patrick.van.renterghem@howest.be
Finally, be sure to follow @Cyber3Lab on LinkedIn, and sign up for the monthly newsletter (in Dutch) of the Howest Toegepaste Informatica cluster.
Other interesting sources of event information can be found at:
- Etoile Events with Belgian Tech events, a North Star AGI service
- Vlaio Events
- AI Opleidingen at VAIA, the Flemish AI Academy
- IT Conferences in Belgium 2026/2027
- Cybersecurity Bites Event page
- TUA West's Event page
- Agoria website
- suggestions welcome!
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Patrick Van Renterghem, AI + CyberSecurity + Web3 + Immersive Tech + Quantum Community Builder & LLL Coordinator
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Last updated on: 7/10/2026
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